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{ Monthly Archives } June 2004

Chai Blues @ YVR

If you’re flying out of Vancouver International Airport through gates E91 – E96 (part of the U.S. departures area), avoid the coffee/snackbar there.

Balzac and China

This month’s bookclub book was “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel” by Dai Sijie, which has received rave reviews from all over. I found it a nice, easy read that touched on some extremely difficult subjects (the Cultural Revolution, the difficulties of peasant life, life’s inequities, abortion, and failed dreams) extremely lightly. The [...]